The following accounts were taken from Columbia County Sheriff’s Office incident reports:

Man speeds toward deputy

A Martinez man was arrested Saturday after leading authorities on a brief chase.

A woman called authorities at about noon after she said she and her husband, Scott Manuel Gonzalez, 50, argued about a shoplifting case he was being investigated for. When she told Gonzalez to turn himself in, he ignored her, so she went outside to call 911. He locked her out, then opened the door and tried to snatch the phone from her.

Vince Meadows usually enjoys his morning coffee on the back patio of his townhome watching morning traffic along South Old Belair Road.

But lately, he said, rush-hour motorists are whizzing by faster than is safe.

“The speeding has gotten completely out of control,” Meadows said.

He often uses a radar gun designed for fast-pitch softball to monitor the speeders. He’s clocked most of the morning motorists between 48 and 58 on the road where the speed limit is 35 mph. Some he’s clocked moving more than 60 or 70 mph.

Columbia County’s long-running Christmas attraction, Lights of the South, has run aground over zoning issues.

The Grovetown attraction was denied a business license this week by county regulators over several zoning compliance violations that have come to light in recent months, according to county Planning Director Andrew Strickland.

Commercial growth in the Grovetown corridor off Inter­state 20 is showing no signs of slowing down.

More retail development is slated for the corner of Horizon South Parkway and Gateway Bou­le­vard by George Duehring, who, with wife Rosemary, owns several Zaxby’s franchises.

Duehring said he plans to develop nearly 13 acres across from the Wal-Mart-anchored Gate­way shopping center with his ninth Zaxby’s in addition to other restaurants, a possible hotel, bank and small retail center. Duehring said he has three letters of intent for the project.

The final piece of local auto dealer Andy Jones’ conglomerate is set to move this summer from Au­gusta’s “Motor Mile” on Gordon High­way.

Operating at 2003 Gordon Highway for seven years, Gerald Jones Mazda will join five other dealerships owned by the Gerald Jones Auto Group at a 16-acre auto mall bordered by Washington, Flowing Wells and Columbia roads in Martinez.

Columbia County officials want to develop a plan for the next 20 years of the county’s growth.

They say getting public feedback on what that plan should look like, however, is critical to making that happen.

With that in mind, the steering committee behind Columbia County’s new growth management project, dubbed Vision 2035 has scheduled a series of public meetings, beginning Monday, to seek input from residents about how they want the county to grow over the next 20 years.